The Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1959 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic®. The two-piece select alder body wears Journeyman Relic® lacquer finishes in Super Faded Aged Sonic Blue for the authentically worn-in look and feel of a family heirloom instrument that’s been handed down through the years.

Classic appointments from the end of the decade are featured up and down the guitar: quartersawn maple neck with ’59-style “D” back-shape and flat-laminated rosewood fingerboard bring out the best in tone and playability. Armed with a trio of Custom Shop hand-wound Fat ‘50s Stratocaster® pickups, Vintage Modified #2 wiring and Tone-Save bleed circuitry, there’s no shortage of sought after golden era tone.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, 5-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, Custom Shop vintage synchronized tremolo, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree with tall metal spacer, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Headstock - Stratocaster® Neck Material - Quartersawn Maple Neck Finish - Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Shape - 1959 "D" Neck Thickness - .800" Neck Butt Width - 2.200" Neck Thickness 12th Fret - .980" Fingerboard Radius - 9.5" (241 mm) Fingerboard Material - 3A Rosewood Position Inlays - Vintage Clay Dot Number of Frets - 21 Truss Rod - Early '60s String Nut - Bone Nut Width - 1.650" (42 mm) Nut Material - Bone
Body - 2-Piece Select Alder Body Finish - Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Shape - Stratocaster® Body Material - 2-Piece Select Alder
Bridge - Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo Pickguard -  3-Ply Mint Green Control Knobs  Vintage White Plastic Switch Tip - Vintage White Hardware Finish - Nickel/Chrome Tuning Machines - Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo String Trees - American Vintage '59-'64 Strings - Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) Tremolo Arm - Vintage Upgraded '60s Neck Plate - 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
Pickups - Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '50s Single-Coil Strat®
Pickup Configuration - SSS Controls - Master Volume with Tone-Saver Treble-Bleed Circuit, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) Switching 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup Potentiometers - 250K 10% Taper Split
Included Accessories - Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.